If there is any issue concerning the financing of Australia’s SMEs, it does not have to be limited to equity funding, then please send us an email and if we cannot directly address it, we will still do the research and talk to the experts to formulate a response.
Financing Australia’s SMEs
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AUSTRALIAN SME CAPITAL RAISING MYTHS
- 16/03/2023
- Posted by: Darren Lelliott
- Categories: Offer, Sector, Strategy
No CommentsThere are common myths regarding Australian SME capital raising. For entrepreneurs these myths are, at best limiting, but commonly destructive.
In this article I explore these myths, their origins and the realities. -
Optimised Incentive: Self Managed VC Funds
- 09/03/2023
- Posted by: Darren Lelliott
- Category: Tax Incentive Program
In this last article of the series I explore the possibility of overcoming the limitations of available incentive programs in order to achieve the state objectives of tax incentivised investment schemes.
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Matrix of Programs
- 02/03/2023
- Posted by: Darren Lelliott
- Category: Tax Incentive Program
In week 5 we provide a matix comparing the available programs, their benefits and disadvantages.
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The Venture Capital Program
- 23/02/2023
- Posted by: Darren Lelliott
- Category: Tax Incentive Program
Here we discuss the Venture Capital program, which has not historically been considered a direct investor incentive program although one program offers the greatest incentives complete tax exemption on investment returns, but actually fall under the umberella of “Tax benefits and support to stimulate the early stage venture capital sector” not the Australian SME sector of Australian SME investors.
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Personal Direct Investment Incentives
- 16/02/2023
- Posted by: Darren Lelliott
- Category: Tax Incentive Program
Last week we covered the R&D Tax Incentive Scheme and the fact that it is not a direct investor incentive, has significant drawbacks, but is the most siginificant of the incentive programs, by volume of dollar benefits claimed.
This week we discuss what has historically been the only direct investor incentive, the Angel Investment Tax Incentive Scheme.
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R&D Tax Incentive Scheme
- 27/01/2023
- Posted by: Darren Lelliott
- Category: Tax Incentive Program
Although the R&DTI scheme is for incentivising the investment by the venture into further research and development, it is necessary to overview this scheme because a venture’s ability to tap into the R&DTI may be crucial to the cashflow in that venture, and therefore of great significance to investors.
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Tax Incentivised Investment Programs
- 20/01/2023
- Posted by: Darren Lelliott
- Category: Tax Incentive Program
Our focus here is on the Federal Government incentive schemes supporting SME funding needs.
It has never been enough to merely create a volume of programs and schemes claiming to provide SME funding support.